Backend Software Engineer, Security Products

Backend Software Engineer, Security Products

Join us at Fastly in our Security Products group, where innovation meets purpose. As part of this dynamic team, you'll be diving into our Signal Sciences technology, the cornerstone of our security offerings. We're on a mission to build cutting-edge API Authentication and Authorization mechanisms like SAML, RBAC, OAuth, and JWT. Your work won't just be technical; it will be instrumental in safeguarding data and online experiences for countless users. We value each individual’s unique contributions and encourage a culture of collaboration and ongoing learning. If you’re a passionate developer with a knack for security and problem-solving, this is the perfect place to put your skills to use and make a significant impact.

What You'll Do:

• You will design, develop, and maintain robust public-facing APIs, ensuring they meet OpenAPI specifications and are well-tested
• Produce high-quality documentation and technical writing to clearly explain the architecture, codebase, and workflows, catering to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Actively contribute to the codebase, particularly in Go, to develop and improve features in large-scale projects
• Monitor and optimize API performance, availability, and security, taking proactive steps to address issues as they arise

What We're Looking For: 

• 2+ years of production experience designing, building, and maintaining public-facing APIs, including testing and compliance with OpenAPI specifications.
• At least 1 year of experience coding with Go (Golang) 
• You have hands-on experience with API Authentication and Authorization aspects, including but not limited to SAML, RBAC, OAuth, and JWT.
• Strong skills in software testing to ensure high-quality code
• Understanding of what makes valuable observability with metrics, logging and tracing

We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these: 

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, to facilitate development and deployment processes.
• Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, to accelerate development and release cycles
• Familiarity with security products 

Work Hours: This position will require you to be available during core business hours and occasional nights and weekends as required for on call support. 

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements: 

This position is open to candidates near any Fastly US office, with the following preferred office locations:

• San Francisco, CA
• Los Angeles, CA

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home. 

Salary:

The estimated salary range for this position is $133,200 to $160,000. 

Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.

Benefits: 

We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings? 

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), a non-accrual vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2024, we offer 10 paid local holidays, 11 paid company wellness days.